This is a site that challenges the walls of our mind, our classrooms, our houses to transform into windows. These windows allow us to collaborate, connect, learn, and inspire each other through being visible, modelling, and instilling healthy habits every, single, day.
I write. I always have. I learned the best way to feel better is to write about my feelings or ideas. I learned this from my mom, who always wrote. I remember watching her lose herself in her writing. It was one of the few times that her face looked so relaxed, fulfilled, free of […]
Hard is hard. Change is hard. Moving forward or through something is hard. Growth is hard. High performance is hard. Of course it is. If it wasn’t we would all be doing this all of the time. I believe that we want to do all of these things, however, it may look to you, but…excuses […]
The concept of teacher autonomy refers to the teacher’s views of professional independence in schools and especially the degree to which they can make autonomous decisions about what they teach and how. Jeffrey Kays (2016) viewed autonomy as Pavlovian and referred to autonomy as an axis that intersects with alignment. He stated that the degree […]
It’s hard to be human sometimes! It is really hard to sift through our emotions and challenges that arise throughout our days, especially those moments that erupt out of nowhere. I felt like I had failed so many times because of these explosions. However, I have changed my mind. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t […]
Building a school culture where everyone wants to be there and work towards the most optimal learning possible is a tough job. It has to go beyond the curriculum and back to the days where breaking bread was how we got things done. Sometimes keeping it simple, with a plate of food, a coffee, and […]
Technology is the world’s magic. It is crazy to me how people have figured out how to communicate through space and the world of wifi. Answers to any question can be found within seconds with the click of the google bar, phones can almost think for us, and our technology and knowledge of science and […]
When I think about our world, so many questions and thoughts run through my head. Questions such as, “what has our world come to? Why do we judge our worth and each other on likes and followers? Has everyone thought of everything? Is this it? Are we missing something?” These questions often swim through the […]
Throughout my year, I have made a commitment to spend an hour a day for a week with individual teachers collaborating, reflecting, and team teaching with them. My intention was to build relationship, provide support, connect and learn from each other. Team teaching for a week with teachers throughout this past year has been the […]
Packing and unpacking can be such a metaphor for life. We pack up our things to move or go on a trip that we have waited so long to go on. We pack up for the day or our kids to get into the car to move to the next activity. We pack up our […]
Conversations, silence, thoughts, and responses. It is so important to have conversations and make decisions yet people say we have to watch what we say or do. Then we think about what we said and we make up our own stories in our minds, which then evokes a response of regret or ‘should haves’. This […]
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